Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-03-19 | Page 17 | Hoover to Limit Speeches to 3 or 4 a Year; Declines 2 Invitations

Hoover to Limit Speeches to 3 or 4 i A Y Year ear Declines 2 Invitations March 19 AP Ai President plans to limit his public speaking engagements to three or 0 four a year and already ady has has' declined two invitations jn from the AmerIcan Red Cross and the Daughters ot of the American Revolution Revolution Revo- Revo lution which his predecessors have accepted annually almost as a matter matter mat mat- ter of course lie He has taken the position that a presidents president's public addresses should be messages ot of considerable Importance importance Im- Im to the people Unless they can be so BO c considered he be feels they should not be be allowed to consume time which might by bO more valuable Ir if devoted to the conduct condu t ot of the executive office While public addresses do not consume much time in actual In-actual actual delivery de- de Uv livery r nor interfere seriously with the executive function by necessitating necessitating occasional trips trips' away from the capital the sort ot of messages he believes the circumstances require re- re quire call for niece more careful and detailed detailed de- de tailed preparation than he can see his way dear clear to undertake at frequent tre- tre quent intervals TO SPEAK TWICE Thus far he has han accepted only two of a a. large number of speaking invitations In received one to address the Associated Press dinner at New NewYork NewYork York In April and the other to take part in the Memorial da day exercises exercises' In Arlington national cemetery In InMa Ma May He has consented also to consider Invitations from the AmerIcan American Amer- Amer Ican F Farm rm BUreau Federation and I the POlish Army Veterans Veterans' Association Asso- Asso elation ot of America to speak In the fall at Chicago and Savannah Ga Gares res respectively The decision to limit his his' speaking engagements is not a new idea with the president ITe Ile tried to adopt the sam s policy a at t the beginning of the presidential campaign last year car but was Induced to expand his pro pro- gram of four addresses as the contest contest con con- test proceeded The president tonight to to- night will turn his attention to the difficult federal patronage situation In New York state This problem will be taken up at a dinner to which he has invited the members of his New York patronage committee committee com com- and Representatives Snell Snelland Snelland and Parker who have been selected by their Republican colleagues in inthe inthe the New York congressional delegation delegation dele dele- I gation to act for them ip patronage matters The Republicans in the house have have made known their unwillingness unwilling unwilling- ness to follow the committee which includes Charles D national committeeman H. H Edmund Machold Mach Mach- old ld state chairman and William H. H Hill leader ot of an Independent Hoover organization In the tI campaign cam cam- and the dinner tonight tonight-Is Is expected ex- ex to clarify the problem I